APRIL 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1015

to the Tasman River, thence by a line along the middle of
that river, and the middle of Lake Pukaki, and the middle
of Pukaki River to the Waitaki River, together with the
Boroughs of Geraldine, Timaru, and Temuka.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Area, in addition to those referred to in condition No. 3,
exempted from the open season wherein imported game and
native game, or native game only, shall not be taken or
killed :—
Milford Lagoon.

As witness my hand this 6th day of April, 1923.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Open Season for Native Game, License Fee, &c., Southland
Acclimatization District.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals
Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I, William Downie
Stewart, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New
Zealand, do hereby declare the period from the 1st day of
May to the 15th day of July, 1923 (both days inclusive),
to be an open season in the Southland Acclimatization Dis-
trict, as described in the First Schedule hereto, except in
the areas referred to in condition No. 3 and in the Second
Schedule hereto, for the taking or killing of the following
native game—viz., grey duck, spoonbill duck (or shoveller),
and black swan; and the period from the 1st day of May to
the 14th day of May, 1923 (both days inclusive), to be an open
season in the said district for the taking or killing of the
following native game—viz., paradise duck; and the period
from the 1st day of February to the 31st day of March, 1924
(both days inclusive), to be an open season in the said district
for the taking or killing of the following native game — viz.,
godwits—subject to the following conditions.

CONDITIONS.

1. LICENSES to take or kill such native game (including god-
   wits) will be issued to any person on payment of ten shillings
   (10s.) each; and the secretary of the Southland Acclimatiza-
   tion Society, or any person authorized by such secretary in
   that behalf, is hereby authorized to sign and issue the said
   licenses.

2. The number of such native game that may be taken or
   killed by any one person in any one day shall not exceed
   twenty-five head in all of grey duck, spoonbill duck (or
   shoveller), and black swan, and twelve head of paradise duck.

3. Nothing in any license to take or kill native game
   (including godwits) shall authorize the holder thereof to take
   or kill native game (including godwits) on lands actually and
   exclusively used by any registered acclimatization society for
   acclimatization purposes, or on any sanctuary or public
   domain, or any land mentioned in the Second Schedule hereto.

4. No person shall kill or destroy any such native game,
   or shoot at or attempt to shoot at any such native game,
   with any automatic or auto-loading gun, unless it is converted
   into a gun capable of carrying two cartridges only, or with
   any rifle or pea-rifle, swivel-gun or pump-gun, or shall use any
   gun other than a shoulder-gun; and no gun shall be used for
   the purpose aforesaid the bore of which is larger than the size
   known as No. 12 at the muzzle, nor shall any gun be used which
   exceeds 10 lb. in weight.

5. Any person committing a breach of any of these condi-
   tions is liable, on conviction, to a fine of £20.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

All that area consisting of so much of the County of South-
land as lies to the westward of the Mataura River, together
with the counties of Fiord, Wallace, and Stewart Island.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Areas, in addition to those referred to in condition No. 3,
exempted from the open season wherein native game shall
not be taken or killed :—

1. Section 27, Block IV, Invercargill Hundred.
2. Sections 19, 20, 32, 37, 43, and parts 9 and 11, Block
   IV, Campbelltown Hundred (Mr. Thomas Maclean’s property).
3. Sections 2 and 3, Block VI, Lillburn Survey District,
   containing about 2,429 acres (Mr. Arthur Struan Gardner’s
   property).

As witness my hand this 6th day of April, 1923.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Open Season for Imported Game and Native Game, License
Fee, &c., Stratford Acclimatization District.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals
Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I, William Downie
Stewart, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New
Zealand, do hereby declare the period from the 1st day of
May to the 31st day of July, 1923 (both days inclusive),
to be an open season in the Stratford Acclimatization Dis-
trict, as described in the Schedule hereto, except in the areas
referred to in condition No. 3, for the taking or killing of
the following imported game and native game—viz., cock
pheasants, Californian quail, black teal, grey duck, and black
swan—subject to the following conditions.

CONDITIONS.

1. LICENSES to take or kill such imported game and native
   game within the said district will be issued to any person on
   payment of the sum of twenty shillings (20s.) each, and the
   Postmasters at Stratford, Toko, Midhurst, Whangamomona,
   Ngaere, and Te Wera are hereby authorized to sign and issue
   the said licenses.

2. The number of such imported game and native game
   that may be taken or killed by any one person in any one
   day shall not exceed twelve cock pheasants, and twenty-five
   head in all of black teal, grey duck, and black swan.

3. Nothing in any license to take or kill imported game
   and native game shall authorize the holder thereof to take or
   kill imported game and native game on lands actually and
   exclusively used by any registered acclimatization society for
   acclimatization purposes, or on any sanctuary or public
   domain.

4. No person shall kill or destroy any such imported game
   or native game, or shoot at or attempt to shoot at any such
   imported game or native game, with any automatic or auto-
   loading gun, unless it is converted into a gun capable of
   carrying two cartridges only, or with any rifle or pea-rifle,
   swivel-gun or pump-gun, or shall use any gun other than
   a shoulder-gun; and no gun shall be used for the purpose
   aforesaid the bore of which is larger than the size known
   as No. 12 at the muzzle, nor shall any gun be used which
   exceeds 10 lb. in weight.

5. Any person committing a breach of any of these condi-
   tions is liable, on conviction, to a fine of £20.

SCHEDULE.

All that area comprising the counties of Stratford and
Whangamomona and the Borough of Stratford.

As witness my hand this 6th day of April, 1923.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Open Season for Imported Game and Native Game, License
Fee, &c., Taranaki Acclimatization District.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals
Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I, William Downie
Stewart, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New
Zealand, do hereby declare the period from the 1st day of
May to the 31st day of July, 1923 (both days inclusive),
to be an open season in the Taranaki Acclimatization District,
as described in the Schedule hereto, except in the areas
referred to in condition No. 3, for the taking or killing of the
following imported game and native game—viz., cock pheas-
ants, Californian quail, Australian quail, grey duck, and black
swan—subject to the following conditions.

CONDITIONS.

1. LICENSES to take or kill such imported game and native
   game within the said district will be issued to any person
   on payment of the sum of twenty shillings (20s.) each; and the
   secretary of the Taranaki Acclimatization Society, or any
   person authorized by such secretary in that behalf, is hereby
   authorized to sign and issue the said licenses.

2. The number of such imported game and native game
   that may be taken or killed by any one person in any one
   day shall not exceed six cock pheasants, six Australian quail,
   six grey ducks, and twenty black swan.

3. Nothing in any license to take or kill imported game
   and native game shall authorize the holder thereof to take
   or kill imported game and native game on lands actually
   and exclusively used by any registered acclimatization society
   for acclimatization purposes, or on any sanctuary or public
   domain.

4. No person shall kill or destroy any such imported game
   or native game, or shoot at or attempt to shoot at any
   such imported game or native game, with any automatic or
   auto-loading gun, unless it is converted into a gun capable of